The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-08-09

hardy virtues of these ancieut Romans
was worthy Of emulation. Neither is
our warfare with carnai weapons, but
the weapons of the gospel, the sword OF
the spirit, the helmet of salvation, the
; shield OF faith; by means of this war
fare with the opposition we meet, and
the practice of virtue, this people are
calculated to become the strongest,
hardest and mightiest people the sun
ever shone upon.
But the errors of the Romans must
be summed. So long as they were patri-
otto, Virtuous and temperate, regarding
right as they understood it, the name
of Rome was terror to the world, and
her legions always went forth to con-
quer. But when they began to be dis
solute, and were transformed from
patriots into plunderers and operessors;
when they consumed all they won upon
| their lusts; when they tyrannized over
the conquered and exercised un-
righteous domn Ion over the nations
which God had given INTO their hands
as stewardship and trust; when they
forgot the means by which they
had become great, the death
knell of their power was sounded! The
stamina of their virtue was lost; the
backbone of moral principle was gone,
and Rome fell like a withered tree
before the tempest. She had been as
giant oak, filled with vIgor and vitality,
uutn her branches sheltered all
nations; but when she foIsook the paths
of rectitude, and became corrupt and
| lifeless and rotten, she fell with a warn.
| ing crash that echoed throughout The
universe; an everlasting example of
he evil consequences of tyranny and
corruption. God will not tolerate such
things upon His foolstool. There are
wise lessons to be learned from the his
tory OF this ancient people.
This is the kingdom of God which
shall stand forever 1t will be main
tanned, not with carnal weapons, but by
those of the spirit. God will take the
weak things of the earth and will thresh
the nations of the earth by the power
II His spirit. Where is there a Chris
tan minister who comes out fairly
against the truths of Mormonism? Are
the Latter-day Saint elders invited to
their pulpits to present the gospel truths
Very rarely, indeed. The instance re
lated by Elder Thorup shows how Nor
mon missionaries are generally treated.
The arguments of the bowie knife, the
pistol and the shotgun are frequently
used against Mormonism. Men are
trembling to-day because of this re-
ligiOn; they dare not come out and give |
Mormonism fair show. Milton said !
Let truth and falsehOod grapple; who
ever knew truth to be worsted in such |
an encounter" What are they afraid of |
Mormonism for, if it is the heresy and |
ialsehood they represent it to be? Do
they show themselves true Christians,
or exhibit faith in the strength of their
cause by fighting ours with carnal
weapons? They meet the Give branch
with the sword the voice of the
preacher with the crack of the rife and
the whistle of the deadly bullet. Nor
thTives upon such treatment as
this. 1t was testimony to him and to
all Latter-day Saints that there must be
in this religion, for the world
was afraid to meet it on equal terms.
These structures did not apply to all
ministers nor to all men and women;
there are tens and hundreds of thou
sands of honorable men and women in |
he wOrld who would scorn to descend
% such vile means to oppose an UNI
popular lei gion; they will yet find that
hOrmOnism has been belied, and will
yet see 1t as it is, and not as its enemies
represent it. For these we have the
undesJ of feelings, and are willing to go
orth, our lives n our hands, to seek
hem out, and bring them, if they will
ONE, TO a knowledge of the truth. The
peaker cited here the prophesies o. /
eremiah and Isaiah in relation to the
Ishlng and hunting for Israel in all
Iations, and bringing them to Zion in n
he last days to be established in the :
tops of the mountains"
The bishop said the Saints believed
be prophet referred to this gathering !
f the latter days; that they were the
eOple referred 10 by Isaiah, and would )
OF to be convinced to the contrary by p
be whipping, stoning or shooting
own OF Mormon missionaries. The
ANTS are reasonable beings, and could
i've q reason for the hope that is within =,
lem, and demanded reasons. not =
ullets, of their opponents, who desired II
} convert them from the alleged error N
their ways. Young Mormons were eli
lught az their mothers knees to never ci
ear with disTesDect one who differs T
ON them in religion. u
It deyolYed upon the Saints, as the
lIldren Of Abra ham, to do the works OF -
braham. The Son of God was not
let with reason, with truth or with
ndnesS. He told the Jews to search
IL Scriptures, for they testified Of Him, NJ
1t they said Away with him, we Sc
ave Moses and the prophets; we want &C
} Jesus Of NazaI TIL" Now Christians sic
y: I'VE have our Jesus; we don't in,
ant oseph Smith" We do not ask ste
em to take Joseph in lieu of Jesus, di,
1t to take him as prophet of God, q mi
Tvant OF Jesus Christ. The prophets ne
old all saw this dispensatiCn, and the -
1Tk TO be accomplished. Christ lived I'm
the eternal world before he came NJ ~
re; all men did. But when Jesus It'
ught this principle He was stoned ~
ID driven out. 1t devolves upon the Tt
ltter-day Saints to prove to the world 10
at they are Saints; to do the will OF Oh
I'd, even as the wise man who built TEL
house upon the rock. There Is no Ell
zee for hypocrites in the Church OF an
sus Christ. The Saints, or modern t
-ael have similar mission to per rec
m as their forefathers. ancient Israel \
ey are the salt of tie earth; but if the
{ loses its SAVIOR, whereWith shallit De
ted? Sol
iod grant we may prove our faith by by
r works; ready, like Abraham, TO live
every word that proceeds from the =
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